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RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
' V * PUBLISHED THURSDAY MORNING
Af Wj^kiffto^ Bfpybinnock County, Virginia
"* TELEPHONE; WABHINQTON tMl
BASIL C. BURKE, JR. Ownr
MRS. SABAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor
HCgarad M Saeond 0Um Mail at tha Pont Qffica at Wyfctoftoa, Vf.
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The Trackers’ Boycott
s Out of state truckers are organizing a -boycott of Virginia facilites as a protest against unfair'fenforcemept P* HP reasonable traffic laws. ° While we are sorry to see any pne boycott anything *n Virginia, we must admit the truckers’ complaint is a legitimate one. To expect an orderly flow of traffic down a narrow highway when cars can go 6b rofies an bopr, wh«ft trailer trucks are limited to 46, is absurd. It woplff appear much more sensible to 'have all traffic move at a nnlfPFPl and equal 60 miles per hour. ■ . ■' Add to the truckers’ woes those valiant men of the Virginia State Police, hiding as usual in the bushes at the ve^y bottom of the steepest hill, and the picture( » »U»QSt- W plete. If the trucker maintains 46 at the bottonv of tbe hiU> he will have traffic dangerously PUed»pbpbm4 feW ** slips over the speed limit, out comes tbe trooper- Two snen Sai pan the trucker loses his license and h* JobThe
coup de grace comes with tbe WjWWW* ap®Pd iawTravel
Si from Warrentpn on &ute g *p4 $5 sign that says “Speed Limit, cam $6.4bth^e after is the sign proclaiming “MW^Mapeed Uwt 40 mph.” Now if they just used twp pader !3&pJKt the ton road, one at the bottom of a &4 ^jffiLaillrtrSk we are sure they could each every (jut fif*we Pail F that .came along, either pne place oy yjjf PrwF* „ p «
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